IReel Awards

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iReel Awards
Awarded forExcellence in web series
CountryIndia
Presented by News 18
First awarded2018
Website http://www.news18.com

The iReel Awards is an annual Indian award show, presented by News 18 to honour excellence of Indian web series. Winners are decided by online voting. [1]

Contents

History

On August 2018, News18.com announced iReel Awards 2018, a web series specific awards in India. [2] The first event was held on 6 September 2018 at JW Marriott, Juhu in Mumbai.

Ceremonies

DateCeremonyReference
6 Sep 20181st iReel Awards [3]
23 Sep 20192nd iReel Awards [4] [5]

Categories

Best Actor (Drama)

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
2018 Nawazuddin Siddiqui Ganesh Gaitonde Sacred Games Netflix
Rajkummar Rao Subhas Chandra Bose Bose: Dead/Alive ALTBalaji
R. Madhavan Danny Mascarenhas Breathe Amazon Prime
Rithvik SahoreAakash Laakhon Mein Ek Amazon Prime
Anshuman MalhotraSiddharth Class of 2017 ALTBalaji
2019 Pankaj Tripathi Akhandanand Tripathi Mirzapur Amazon Prime
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Ganesh Gaitonde Sacred Games 2 Netflix
Ronit Roy SP Prithvi Singh Hostages Hotstar
Vikrant Massey Aditya Sharma Criminal Justice Hotstar
Arjun Mathur Karan Mehra Made in Heaven Amazon Prime

Best Actress (Drama)

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
2018 Nimrat Kaur Shikha Sharma The Test Case ALTBalaji
Tridha Choudhury Sana SanyalSpotlight Viu
Nia Sharma Aliyah Mukherjee Twisted YouTube
Karishma Sharma Ragini Ragini MMS: Returns ALTBalaji
Patralekha Paul Nandi Bose: Dead/Alive ALTBalaji
2019 Shefali Shah DCP Vartika Chaturvedi Delhi Crime Netflix
Supriya Pilgaonkar Vandana Sethi Home ALTBalaji
Sobhita Dhulipala Tara Khanna Made in Heaven Amazon Prime
Dia Mirza Kainaaz Akhtar Kaafir ZEE5
Shweta Tripathi Dr. Shreya Pathare Laakhon Mein Ek 2 Amazon Prime

Best Actor (Comedy)

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
2018Bhupesh SinghHariman Singh Shaitaan Haveli Amazon Prime
Kanchan PorgareGangu Shaitaan Haveli Amazon Prime
Biswapati Sarkar SanjayMr. and Mrs. YouTube
Sukant GoelRishiThe Better Half/Dolly Ki Shaadi YouTube
Zeishan Quadri AkkiAkki Vikki Te Nikki YouTube
2019 Amol Parashar Chitvan Sharma Tripling 2 YouTube
Mukul ChaddaJagdeep Chadda The Office Hotstar
Kunaal Roy Kapur Kunaal Roy KapurSide Hero Eros Now
Dhruv Sehgal Dhruv Vats Little Things 2 Netflix
Ranvir Shorey Kalpesh Patel Metro Park Eros Now

Best Actress (Comedy)

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
2018 Sumukhi Suresh Pushpavalli Pushpavalli Amazon Prime
Kriti GargMenkaAzad Parindey YouTube
Mansi Parekh MeeraBin Bulaye Mehmaan YouTube
Archita AgarwalKiaraVirgin Woman Diary YouTube
Mukti Mohan KayInMates YouTube
2019 Mithila Palkar Kavya Kulkarni Little Things 2 Netflix
Srishti ShrivastavaAnandi "Jo" JoshiGirls Hostel Netflix
Purbi Joshi Payal Patel Metro Park Eros Now
Maanvi Gagroo Chanchal Sharma Tripling 2 YouTube
Geetanjali KulkarniShanti Mishra Gullak SonyLIV

Best Supporting Actor

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
2018 Jitendra Joshi Constable Katekar Sacred Games Netflix
Naseeruddin Shah GuruZero Kms ZEE5
Tanuj Virwani Vayu Raghavan Inside Edge Amazon Prime
Ashish VermaMadhavInMates YouTube
Karamvir LambaSundeep Karenjit Kaur ZEE5
2019 Divyendu Sharma Phoolchand Tripathi Mirzapur Amazon Prime
Jackie Shroff Mustafa Criminal Justice Hotstar
Rajesh Tailang Inspector Bhupendra Singh Delhi Crime Netflix
Brijendra Kala Satendra Sharma The Aam Aadmi Family YouTube
Jim Sarbh Adil Khanna Made in Heaven Amazon Prime

Best Supporting Actress

YearActorRoleProgramNetwork
2018 Aahana Kumra Shahana Vasishtha Inside Edge Amazon Prime
Dipannita Sharma Nishqa S. Bajaj Bewafaa sii Wafaa ALTBalaji
Grusha KapoorBalwant Kaur Vohra Karenjit Kaur ZEE5
Meenakshi SethiDolly Ki Shaadi YouTube
Akanksha ThakurRichaInMates YouTube
2019 Amruta Subhash Kusum Devi Sacred Games 2 Netflix
Grusha KapoorBalwant Kaur Vohra Karenjit Kaur 2 ZEE5
Rasika Dugal Beena Tripathi Mirzapur Amazon Prime
Shivani Raghuvanshi Jaspreet "Jazz" Kaur Made in Heaven Amazon Prime
Lubna Salim Mrs. Madhu Sharma The Aam Aadmi Family YouTube

Best Drama Series

YearSeriesPlatform
2018 Sacred Games Netflix
2019 Delhi Crime Netflix
Sacred Games 2 Netflix
Made in Heaven Amazon Prime
Mirzapur Amazon Prime
Kota Factory Netflix
Typewriter Netflix

Best Comedy Series

YearSeriesPlatform
2018 Pushpavalli Amazon Prime
2019 Little Things 2 Netflix
Metro Park Eros Now
Girls Hostel Netflix
Gullak SonyLIV
The Office Hotstar
Tripling 2 YouTube

Best Writing (Drama)

YearSeriesRecipientPlatform
2018 Sacred Games Varun Grover
Smita Singh
Vasant Nath
Netflix
2019 Delhi Crime Richie Mehta Netflix
Typewriter Sujoy Ghosh, Suresh Nair Netflix
Made in Heaven Reema Kagti
Zoya Akhtar
Alankrita Shrivastava
Amazon Prime
Kota Factory Saurabh KhannaNetflix
Laakhon Mein Ek 2 Shweta More Amazon Prime

Best Writing (Comedy)

YearSeriesRecipientPlatform
2018Mr. and Mrs.Preksha Khanna
Pradyot Mokashi
YouTube
2019GullakNikhil Vijay YouTube
Booo Sabki Phategi Farhad Samji
Tasha Bhambra, Sparsh Khetrapal
ALT Balaji
Girls HostelShreyasi Sharma, Netflix
Side HeroNipun Dharmadhikari Eros Now
Tripling 2 Akarsh Khurana, Sumeet Vyas YouTube

Best Music

YearShowRecipientPlatform
2019 Sacred Games 2 Alokananda Dasgupta Netflix
RejctX Sneha Khanwalkar ZEE5
Made in Heaven Tarana Marwah, Gaurav Raina Amazon Prime
Rangbaaz Bhav Dhulia ZEE5
Four More ShotsMikey McCleary Amazon Prime

Best Non-fiction Show

YearShowPlatform
2019 Comicstaan 2 Amazon Prime
Roar of the Lions Hotstar
Cricket Fever Netflix

Best Ensemble

YearShowPlatformResult
2018 Mirzapur Amazon Prime Won

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References

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